[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

abridge \abridge"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. abridged; p. pr. 
   vb. n. abridging. oe. abregen, of. abregier, f.
   abr'eger, fr. l. abbreviare; ad + brevis short. see brief
   and cf. abbreviate.
   1. to make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to
      diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge
      power or rights. "the bridegroom . . . abridged his
      visit." --smollett.
      1913 webster

            she retired herself to sebaste, and abridged her
            train from state to necessity.        --fuller.
      1913 webster

   2. to shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining
      the sense; to epitomize; to condense; as, to abridge a
      history or dictionary.
      1913 webster

   3. to deprive; to cut off; -- followed by of, and formerly by
      from; as, to abridge one of his rights.
      1913 webster
see also:
abridged abridging brief abbreviate 

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